Nano & Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics, and Renewable Energy 2010 forum will take place in Cancun, Mexico in August 2010. The event is organized in part by the Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference, which has extended its deadline acceptance date for submission of the papers for the special issues of Nanotechnology (on semiconductor science and technology) and Nano Research Letters (on organic and bio- related electronics, photonics and renewable energy) until the end of August:

There's still time to submit papers and propose workshops to be presented at the International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies to be held in February 2010 in St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles (Caribbean Sea, off Venezuelan coast, otherwise known as the Dutch West Indies).http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/ICQNM10.html

Also, in the region of the Lesser Antilles, the 2009 Villa Conference on Interactions Among NanoStructures will meet on St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands in September.http://www.vcmeeting.org/ian/

"This conference consists of 2 components: [1] Nano-research, for close discussion and open sharing, to stimulate in-depth understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological interactions among nanoscale components, including carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, nanowires and quantum dots and nano-education, [2] To share best practices and awareness of nano-education within the university setting and chart the future direction on nano-research, grants, curriculum development and international collaborations". A particular feature of this conference is its encouragement of "open-access" information availability.

The International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM) is meeting in September in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:http://www.icam2009.com/

An agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between Argentina and South Africa signed in 2007 has resulted in ongoing collaborations, the last being this June's workshops on the status of their NanoTech and NanoScience programmes and laboratory visits in Buenos Aires, La Plata, and Cordoba. A 10-day mini-school session of workshops and research centre visits throughout Argentina are being planned for 2010:http://www.mincyt.gov.ar/coopinter_archivos/bilateral/Workshop_nano...

Ineke Malsh has written a comprehensive report on NanoTech in Argentina based upon his 2007 fact-finding mission. Below is his 2008 update with corrections: He provides links to pertinent academic institutions, ministerial agencies, congresses, etc. which will allow you to track their seminars and annuals:http://www.fan.org.ar/documentos/nanotechnology_argentina.pdf

Also, of this I just became aware (although it's not South America, but it is a regional November seminar):

La Conferencia Internacional sobre La Ciencia de Materiales en la Era Nano (The International Conference on Material Science in the Age of Nano) will be hosted by theInstituto de Ciencia y Tecnologìa de Materiales (Institute of Material Research and Engineering) atla Universidad de la Habana in Cuba. The conference (scheduled for 23-28 November) will be preceded by lecture
sessions conducted by professors from the Vienna University of Technology and the Universidad de la Habana (18-21 November). A seminar (by invitation) of the Higher Education Network in Nanotechnology will also take place.

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